🇺🇸 United States Flag Emoji

The 🇺🇸 United States Flag Emoji represents the flag of the United States of America. You can copy and paste the United States flag emoji instantly for messages, social media, emails, websites, and documents. Learn the meaning of the United States emoji flag, Unicode, HTML code, country information, and common uses.

What Does the United States Emoji Mean?

The 🇺🇸 flag emoji renders the Stars and Stripes: thirteen alternating red and white stripes for the original colonies and fifty white stars on a blue canton for the current states. Online, it shows up around the 4th of July, elections, sports events like the Olympics or World Cup, and any post about American identity, patriotism, or travel to the US.

Country Information

Country	United States
Capital	Washington, D.C.
Region	North America
ISO Code	US / USA
Currency	United States Dollar (USD)
Language(s)	English (de facto)
Flag Colors	red, white, and blue

History & Symbolism

The design traces back to the Flag Act of 1777, though the current 50-star version dates only to 1960, after Hawaii became a state. As a flag emoji, it renders as a pair of Regional Indicator Symbols (🇺 + 🇸) that browsers and operating systems automatically combine into the national flag glyph.

When to Use the 🇺🇸 United States Flag Emoji

People commonly use the 🇺🇸 emoji when:

• celebrating Independence Day
• discussing the United States
• supporting Team USA
• talking about travel
• sharing patriotic content
• discussing politics
• posting Olympic or World Cup content

How the United States Emoji Renders

Flag emoji are not single characters — 🇺🇸 is built from a pair of Regional Indicator Symbol letters (the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code US) that browsers, phones, and apps automatically combine into the United States flag. Unicode sequence, HTML entity, CSS, JavaScript, and shortcode forms are listed above; use the Copy button for a one-click copy of the rendered flag itself.

Emoji Combinations

• 🇺🇸🦅 — American pride / patriotic posts
• 🇺🇸🎆 — 4th of July, fireworks, Independence Day
• 🇺🇸🏈 — American football, Super Bowl

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the United States flag emoji mean?

The 🇺🇸 United States flag emoji renders the Stars and Stripes: thirteen alternating red and white stripes for the original colonies and fifty white stars on a blue canton for the current states. Online, it shows up around the 4th of July, elections, sports events like the Olympics or World Cup, and any post about American identity, patriotism, or travel to the US.

How do I copy the United States flag emoji?

Tap or click the Copy button on this page and the 🇺🇸 emoji is copied to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.

What is the Unicode and HTML entity for the United States flag emoji?

The Unicode sequence is U+1F1FA U+1F1F8 and the HTML entity is 🇺🇸 — both shown in the codes table above, along with the CSS, JavaScript, and shortcode forms.

How many stars and stripes does the US flag have?

The flag has 50 stars, one for each state, and 13 stripes representing the original thirteen colonies.

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